[Assam] Water, Agriculture,Environment, Oxom/Bangladesh

mc mahant Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:21:37 -0800

Netters , plz study this link -beyond power-politics-money:

Conference E-Forum Process Pre-conference Glossary Int'l Commitments Contact

FOSTER IMPLEMENTATION - A NEW ECONOMY FOR WFE - AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

OVERVIEW. Water is essential to life on our planet. The availability of sufficient amounts of good quality water is fundamental to all biological processes, for maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystems and for primary and secondary production functions. Natural ecosystems and agriculture are by far the biggest consumers of the Earth's freshwater. Competition between them has intensified with human population growth and the expansion of agriculture, to the point where agriculture is often seen as jeopardizing the ecosystem's sustainability. But it is equally important to underline that such threatened ecosystems can no longer provide their water purifying and regulating services to sustain agricultural production and livelihoods. Although the competition for water by agriculture and ecosystems is often stressed, focussing on their mutual dependency will present the key to successful implementation of our international commitments.
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FAO and the Government of the Netherlands are organising an International Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems, from January 31 - February 5, 2005 in the Hague. The conference will provide a high level platform for around 350 participants around the globe, including a ministerial segment.

The prime objective of the WFE Conference is: to help governments identify management practices, practical lessons learned and the necessary enabling environments that lead to sustainable water use at the river-basin level and the harmonization of food production and ecosystem management with a view to implementing already internationally agreed commitments

The outcomes of the International Conference in The Hague will provide a direct input to the CSD-13, which has a focus on water issues. In addition it will help to implement working programmes under international conventions as the Convention on Biodiversity and the Cop 9 of the Ramsar convention, as well as the Plan of Implementation of the WSSD (Johannesburg 2002).

The Conference will be fed and shaped by several other events:

The E-Forum: The public domain to share your experiences and views, and bring forward your recommendations for the conference statements and outcomes.
An African Pre-Conference, Addis-Ababa 4-6 November 2004, to focus on the specific issues and concerns of the African Nation States in shaping Water for Food and Ecosystems.
Regional Partner Seminars: Sharing more insights and shaping recommendations for the conference by concentrating on thematic/regional cases and issues.

	THEMES. The FAO/ Netherlands Conference encompasses three key themes: Foster Implementation: know-how for action; a new economy for water for food and ecosystem; the enabling environment. More...

	E-FORUM. The public domain to share experiences by hosting your case studies and best practices, and discuss the issues, statements and recommendations for the conference. More...

	CONTACT. Get in touch with the Conference secretariat here...





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